Paper serving or distributing device.



No. 888,072. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. M. EHRLIGH.

PAPER SERVING OR DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED 0 0T. 16, 1906.

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MATHILDE EHRLICII, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-IlUNG-ARY.

PAPER SERVING OR DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 16,

Patented May 19, 1908.

1906. Serial No. 339,166.

T 0 all whom "it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Ma'rnliinn EHRLIGH, of l Obere Donaustrasse 63,Vienna, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, spinster of no occupation,having invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Serving orDistributing Devices, do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to a device for serving or distributing paper.

The object of the invention is to increase the utility of the paperdistributor, besides decreasing its bulk owing to the fact that thesheets are folded into the smallest possible space.

The sheets of paper to be used in the case are each preferably folded inzig-zag order in four approximately equal parts, the two middle lapsforming a l oldwhich incloses the end portion of the succeeding sheet,whereby when the third quarter of one sheet is being withdrawn it willdraw out the first quarter of the succeeding sheet which rests on it.

In order that the arrangement may be clearly understood, I will proceedto describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying thisspecification, which illustrates the device by a perspective view.

My device comprises a case or receptacle 1 of rectangular shape andadapted to receive the sheets of paper, 4, seen in dotted lines.

The top of the case is provided with a narrow slot 2, through whichprojects the upper bent end of a forked suspensory device 3, the arms 8of which are bent at right angles to form a portion upon which rest thepile of paper sheets 4 said portion being constituted by the bent ends 9ot' the device The top of the case is also provided near the edgeopposite to where the slot 2 is located with a slot 5, through which thesheets ot paper are withdrawn.

The bent end of the suspensory device 0 enables the same to be hookedover a nail or r the like provided in a wall. t

hen a number of sheets have been withdrawn from the case, it the casedoes not sink down through its own weight on account of the space leftbetween the top ot the sheets and the slot, and the end ol the nextsheet does not project fully from the slot, then the case should bepulled down slightly by means of the cord or string 6 hanging from thebottom thereof, so that a greater part of the fork 3 is visible and thesheets come nearer to the slot 5.

This case possesses the advantage that it can be made of simple paperand that the sheets can be very easily withdrawn from above.

Instead ol the fork, a depending member can be formed of cardboard orother suitable material bent for the reception of the pile ol papersheets.

\Yhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot the UnitedStates, is:

I. In a paper serving device, the combination with a receptacle forpaper sheets, provided with a slot through which the sheets may bewithdrawn, of a suspending device arranged within the receptacle andadaptedv to support the sheets, said suspending device and receptaclebeing arranged for movement relatively to each other.

2. In a paper serving device the combination with a receptacle for papersheets, provided with a slot through which the sheets may be withdrawn,ot a suspending device arranged within the receptacle and having one endprojecting through a slot in the receptacle and its opposite end bent toform a portion upon which the sheets are piled, said suspending deviceand receptacle being arranged for movement relatively to each other.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence ol' two witnesses.

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IVitnesses:

AN'rox Bioknnnnxx, ALvns'ro S. Hooun.

